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CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
A strategy-centric approach to the design of end-user debugging tools
End-user programmers’ code is notoriously buggy. This problem is amplified by the increasing complexity of end users’ programs. To help end users catch errors early and reliab...
Valentina Grigoreanu, Margaret M. Burnett, George ...
CHI
2003
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Harnessing curiosity to increase correctness in end-user programming
Despite their ability to help with program correctness, assertions have been notoriously unpopular--even with professional programmers. End-user programmers seem even less likely ...
Aaron Wilson, Margaret M. Burnett, Laura Beckwith,...
ISESE
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
An empirical evaluation of a testing and debugging methodology for Excel
Spreadsheets are one of the most commonly used types of programs in the world, and it is important that they be sufficiently dependable. To help end users who create spreadsheets ...
Jeffrey Carver, Marc Fisher II, Gregg Rothermel
SIGUCCS
2000
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Creating a Help Center from Scratch: A Recipe for Success
Creating a university Help Center from scratch can be a challenging yet very rewarding experience for an IT professional. Buying computers, building networks, and installing softw...
Patrick McKoen
VL
1999
IEEE
136views Visual Languages» more  VL 1999»
13 years 11 months ago
Scaling up a "What You See Is What You Test" Methodology to Spreadsheet Grids
Although there has been considerable research into ways to design visual programming environments to improve the processes of creating new programs and of understanding existing o...
Margaret M. Burnett, Andrei Sheretov, Gregg Rother...